Personal Data Explorer vs DFM CDE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Personal Data Explorer
Consolidate your personal data from various sources like social media, fitness trackers, and financial accounts. Gain instant access and search across all your information to understand what data you have and how it can be shared.
- Instant data access
- Cross-source search
- Personalized insights
- Connects thousands of banks
- Integrates with fitness trackers
- Accesses social media data
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This personal data explorer app enables you to bring together your personal data from social media, fitness, health, finance, and more. This is a great way to see what information is available to share with other people, apps, and services. In-app features include: • Instant access - see your older content 1000x faster than on the original service. Always available. • Search - search across all data sources by date and time, by source, and by person. • Personal insights - find your top spends, top fitness stats and much more. Using the World Data Exchange Private Sharing Platform, you can connect: # Finance and Banking • Thousands of banks worldwide # Fitness and Wellbeing • Apple Health • Fitbit • Garmin • Google Fit # Medical Records • England GP Records (covering over 50% of the country) • US Hospitals (over 200) # Social Media, Entertainment and Interests • Facebook • Flickr • Instagram • Spotify • X (formerly Twitter) • YouTube
DFM CDE
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Cloud based InControl CDE is accessible wherever your work takes you. You can even search and list the documents without first downloading the entire file. If you can’t access the web, you still can access InControl CDE. Everyone is working on the latest version of the file, without e-mailing large attachments to colleagues and peers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Personal Data Explorer at every 2 months against DFM CDE's every 4 months. DFM CDE's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Personal Data Explorer ships an update every 2 months, DFM CDE every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Personal Data Explorer | DFM CDE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (37 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | World Data Exchange Limited | Digital Facilities Management Ltd |
In-app purchases
Personal Data Explorer
No in-app purchases
DFM CDE
No in-app purchases
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